Trump to skip GOP debate in Iowa, hold competing town hall

on veterans

President Donald Trump announced that he would hold a competing town hall on veterans issues in Iowa on the same night as Thursday’s Republican presidential primary debate. Trump accused the Republican National Committee of giving him unfair treatment, saying it had been “extremely ungrateful” and that he was “not treated properly” as a frontrunner.

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In a statement, Trump said the town hall event was an attempt to “support our great veterans and service members” and that the town hall would “always be a far better place to be than a debate.”

Trump’s decision to skip the debate, which will be hosted by Fox News, comes a week after he refused to appear in a Fox News debate in Des Moines due to what he alleged was the network’s “unfair” treatment of him.

The move likely means other GOP candidates will be able to garner more attention in the debate by putting their own proposals forward and being less interrupted by the outspoken real estate mogul. In Trump’s absence, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Florida Senator Marco Rubio and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson are expected to be in attendance, among others.

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